Living

In the category of something you typically take for granted: few of us think twice about getting in and out of a car, either as a driver or a passenger. But for those of us with arthritic knees, bad backs or other “joys” of aging, just sitting down and lifting…

We’ve all heard about the trend: millennials moving back in with the parents as a way to cut costs and save money. But what if these millennials don’t move back in with their own parents but instead with someone else’s? Enter Silvernest, a new start up aimed at pairing empty…

70-year-old classical musician Margaret Leng Tan has devoted her life to being a serious musician, becoming the first woman to earn a doctorate from Juilliard in 1971. Yet her mastery of the toy piano, hardly a conventional choice, has led her on an unconventional musical path. Highly influenced by the…

Travel these days often means long lines and delays. It’s valuable to plan ahead to minimize as many barriers to smooth sailing as possible- that includes items in your luggage that can delay exit or entry from one country to another. Prescription medications fall into that category. The Food and…

It may be the silly season in politics, but there’s nothing silly about the serious health policy issues that candidates are ignoring. Kaiser Health News has created a list of health concerns that loom large as the population ages and that have serious health and economic consequences for our country…

At the beginning of the 20th century, four small African American girls began their lives in the same Southwest neighborhood of Washington DC. They played together, faced the same challenges growing up in a still segregated society, grew up to marry and start families and sustained their friendships through life’s…